Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-29
Che Pouseholo.
VARIOUS SUGGESTIONS,

Irons that have once been red hot
never retain the heat 50 we'll afterward,
and will always be rough: therefore.
while losing no opportunity of using
your fire. be careful not to put them on
the stove hours before they are needed:
and. after using them. do not set them
away flat Oh the floor or shelf: al ways
stand them on end. When it is possible
have every really useful modern APP
pliance. of which there are so many now
a-days. to make work easy. 70 the
woman who has no assistance in her
work. even small expense may be look
ed upon as economy. if it saves strength,
that unpurchasable thing of which young
women are often so prodigal. know,
however. there are homes where true
economy is recognized. and where few
dollars would not be grudgcd to tighten
the wife's burden. yet if the dollars are
not there how can it be done: Let Us hope
Them at least, the husband is handy with
tools. and can make some things he can
not buy. That he can put Il shelf Just
where she needs it, to save her holding Il
lamp. while she cooks the winter supper,
and if he can make an ironing table which
shall hold the necessareS for ironing. and
when not in use form Il seat. so much the
better but one thing not difficult to make,
and which will save many Il weary back
ache. is seat exactly suited to the height
of the woman needing it. All small things
can just As well be ironed seated as stand
ing, if the seat be right.
Many IA tired woman takes chair and
makes up her mind she will iron the col
lars and small things, seated but the
resolution lasts only moment; she is
soon on her aching feet again. and then
she believes she is too nervous to work i'm
sitting position. 1t is nothing of the
kind the seat is not adapted to the height
of the table, and she really finds herself
working at such disadvantage for her
arms that mechanically she assumes the
old position. Let seat and table be adj
justed to her, and she will soon find iron
ing or making cake, or rolling out cookies,
quite as easily accomplished in sitting as
standing. The seat must be high enough
to bring her elbows well above the table,
and give her the same command of it as
if she were standing, and with this seat
she would of course require a stool or
box on which to rest the feet
Such seat will be of little use in cook
ing, without forcthought to see that you
have all your materials at hand before
you begin to work. | know many an
energetic woman with abundant strength
will say, "Oh, would not sit to work"
and feel that it was poor way of doing.
But there are women less strong, perhaps
who have lost the strength on which they
once prided themselves, and will just as
readily say: IF | only could manage to
sit"
At first, it may seem that YOU have to
jump up and down so often that you save
little, but by degrees you will find the
benefit, even if you only are enabled to
sit five minutes out of twenty that you
would otherwise stand, and as you get
used to the sitting, you will be astonished
to find how many things you can do sit
ting, and how little the jumping up, that
appeared so tiresome at first, will be need
ed when you have gotten used to provid-
ing against it. Many things we now
stand to do, as | say, may be done seated,
but began to speak especially of ironing.
Most people, nowadays, use the skirt
board for ironing everything. 1t should
be covered with three thicknesses of
heavy flannel, an old blanket is best, but
comfortable can be made to do; over
this securely haste part of an old sheet,
or any white cotton cloth without seams,
you may prefer for the purpose. The
bosom board should be covered in the
same way, and the covers of both fire.
qnently changed Catherine Owen, in
J Good housekeeping.